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Reporter: Corey Levitan

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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2217 stories by Corey Levitan

Boxer Floyd Diaz Busted in Vegas for Driving Stolen Car, Possessing Gun

Boxer Floyd Diaz was arrested last week in Las Vegas A LoJack device alerted police that the car driven by the rising bantamweight was stolen  Diaz, a protégé of Floyd Mayweather, faces 10 years in prison for two felonies Last week, boxer...

Corey Levitan April 28, 2025

UPDATE: Police Find UK Paralympian Who Vanished in Las Vegas 2 Weeks Ago

UPDATE: Las Vegas police say they've located Samm Ruddock,  the Paralympic cyclist with cerebral palsy who went missing from Las Vegas on April 16. More on this story as it develops... EARLIER: A British Paralympic athlete who lives with cerebral palsy, went...

Corey Levitan April 28, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Nevada Triangle

Conspiracy theorists say the so-called "Nevada Triangle" is responsible for the disappearance of up to 2.000 planes over the past 60 years Experts believe the true number of crashes in the area is more likely between 100 and 500 aircraft Planes that...

Corey Levitan April 28, 2025

MGM Resorts Ends Concierge Desks at 6 Vegas Properties

MGM Resorts has eliminated the concierge desks from four of its Las Vegas casinos and two non-gaming properties This eliminates 34 jobs The company blames the cuts on "evolving guest preferences," not an anticipated downturn in tourism Starting Monday, your wait to...

Corey Levitan April 27, 2025

Caesars Refuses to Pay Sports Bettor’s $800K in Winnings

Thomas McPeek won a total of $800K in sports bets from Caesars Entertainment casinos in two Midwestern states Caesars refuses to honor the wins, claiming that the 24-year-old Chicagoan violated their policies Thomas McPeek, a 24-year-old Chicago man who lives with his...

Corey Levitan April 27, 2025

Trump’s NASA Pick Was Once Sued for Passing Bad Checks — By Trump’s Own Casinos!

President Trump’s pick to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the same guy sued by a reported four casinos for passing bad checks in the late aughts, according to court filings. And two of the properties who sued him...

Corey Levitan April 25, 2025

Westgate Las Vegas Recreating 1969 Elvis Concert on Anniversary

One of Las Vegas' premier Elvis impersonators will take the stage at the Westgate for one night only in July The show will take place in the International Theater -- the room that Elvis himself played for seven years The July 31...

Corey Levitan April 25, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Crooks Robbed a Potato Chip Truck Thinking it Had Casino Chips

EDITOR'S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Dec. 9, 2022. “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story,” Mark Twain once...

Corey Levitan April 25, 2025

UPDATE: Gaming Regulators Fine MGM Resorts $8.5M Over Illegal Bookmakers

UPDATE: The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) on Thursday voted 4-0 to accept the $8.5 million proposed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and accepted by MGM Resorts for its role in permitting illegal bookmakers to gamble at the MGM Grand and...

Corey Levitan April 24, 2025

UPDATE: License Revoked from Trainer Who Gave Winning Racehorse Coke

UPDATE: The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday revoked the horseracing license of Alvaro Torres, the trainer who drugged a horse with cocaine, for five years. EARLIER: After The Saime Pro won the second race of the Elko County Fair on Aug. 24,...

Corey Levitan April 24, 2025